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AXEL, COUNT, a Swedish statesmen; born in Fanö, Sweden, June 16, 1583, studied theology at COUNT AXEL OXENSTJERNA Rostock, Wittenberg, and Jena; and in 1609 returned to Sweden and entered the service of Charles IX. In 1608 he was admitted into the senate; and on the the service of Charles IX. In 1608 he was made chancellor. He accompanied was admitted into the senate; and on the in Germany; and on the fall of his maswas made chancellor. He accompanied a congress assembled at Heilbronn, as the head of the Protestant League. This

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